Birr Reaches 2011 Manitoba Lotteries Men's Curling Classic Semifinals

SKIP
Todd
Birr

Third
Doug
Pottinger

Second
Tom
O'Connor

Lead
Kevin
Birr

Todd Birr (Mankato, MN) run at the 2011 Manitoba Lotteries Men's Curling Classic came to an end in the semifinals with a 6-5 loss to Rui Liu (Harbin, CHN). of the 2011 Manitoba Lotteries Men's Curling Classic in Brandon; Birr advanced through the quarterfinals with a 7-5 win over Kelly Skinner (Brandon, MB). of the 2011 Manitoba Lotteries Men's Curling Classic in Brandon;

Birr finished 3-1 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Birr lost 7-4 to Kelly Marnoch (Carberry, MB), then responded with a 6-2 win over Shawn Taylor (Brandon, MB). Birr won 7-3 against William Lyburn (Winnipeg, MB), then won 6-4 against Terry McNamee (Brandon, MB) in their final qualifying round match.

Birr earned 4.575 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Manitoba Lotteries Men's Curling Classic, moving up 7 spots the World Ranking Standings into 57th place overall with 26.575 total points. Birr ranks 56th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 6.075 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

Manitoba's Kate Cameron (Photo: Curling Canada) announced on Monday that the team will look different for the new Olympic quadrennial.